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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Shpatsirn zaynen mir
Language: Yiddish (יידיש) 
Shpatsirn zaynen mir beyde gegangen;
Fil dunern un blitsn zaynen aribergegangen.
Oy, kh’hob geton aza zakh: Kh’hob gor nit batrakht.
Kh’hob gemeynt, az s’iz tog, tsum sof iz gor nakht.
Oy! Mame, mame! Du bist dokh gerekht:
Az men folgt nit keyn eltern, kumt aroys shlekht!
Kh’hob geshpilt a libe — Kh’hob gemeynt, s’vet zayn gut,
Un itst fargist men vi vaser mayn blut.
Oy, kh’hob geton aza zakh …
Vi gut un vi voyl volt undz geven,
Ven mir voltn beyde a porfolk geven!
Oy, kh’hob geton aza zakh … 

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Joel Engel (1868 - 1927), "Shpatsirn zaynen mir", 1909 [ chorus ], from Yidishe folkslider (1909) [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-03-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 91

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